node-oracledb version 1.3

1. About node-oracledb

The node-oracledb add-on for Node.js powers high performance Oracle Database applications.

Node-oracledb connects Node.js 0.10, Node.js 0.12, and io.js to Oracle Database.

This is an open source project maintained by Oracle Corp.

The node-oracledb home page is on the Oracle Technology Network.

Node-oracledb supports:

• SQL and PL/SQL execution
• Fetching of large result sets
• REF CURSORs
• Large Objects: CLOBs and BLOBs
• Query results as JavaScript objects or array
• Smart mapping between JavaScript and Oracle types with manual override available
• Data binding using JavaScript objects or arrays
• Transaction Management
• Inbuilt Connection Pooling
• Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP)
• External Authentication
• Row Prefetching
• Statement Caching
• Client Result Caching
• End-to-end Tracing, Mid-tier Authentication, and Auditing
• High Availability Features
  • Fast Application Notification (FAN)
  • Runtime Load Balancing (RLB)
  • Transparent Application Failover (TAF)

We are actively working on supporting the best Oracle Database features, and on functionality requests from users involved in the project.

A simple query example:

var oracledb = require('oracledb');

oracledb.getConnection(
  {
    user          : "hr",
    password      : "welcome",
    connectString : "localhost/XE"
  },
  function(err, connection)
  {
    if (err) { console.error(err.message); return; }

    connection.execute(
      "SELECT department_id, department_name " +
        "FROM departments " +
        "WHERE manager_id < :id",
      [110],  // bind value for :id
      function(err, result)
      {
        if (err) { console.error(err.message); return; }
        console.log(result.rows);
      });
  });

With Oracle's sample HR schema, the output is:

[ [ 60, 'IT' ], [ 90, 'Executive' ], [ 100, 'Finance' ] ]

2. Examples

There are examples in the examples directory.

3. Installation

The basic install steps are:

• Install the small, free Oracle Instant Client libraries if your database is remote. Or use a locally installed database such as the free Oracle XE release.
• Run npm install oracledb to install from the NPM registry.

See INSTALL for details.

4. Documentation

See Documentation for the Oracle Database Node.js Add-on.

5. Changes

See CHANGELOG

Note there were two small, backward-compatibility breaking attribute name changes in node-oracledb 0.5.

6. Testsuite

To run the included testsuite see test/README.

7. Contributing

Node-oracledb is an open source project. See CONTRIBUTING for details.

Oracle gratefully acknowledges the contributions to node-oracledb that have been made by the community.

8. License

Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

You may not use the identified files except in compliance with the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")

You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.